Outcomes of donor evaluation in adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation

Hepatology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1476-1484

  Trotter, James F ^a,k   Wisniewski, Karen A ^b   Terrault, Norah A ^c   Everhart, James E ^d   Kinkhabwala, Milan ^e   Weinrieb, Robert M ^f   Fair, Jeffrey H ^g   Fisher, Robert A ^h   Koffron, Alan J ⁱ   Saab, Sammy ^j   Merion, Robert M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^e Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO HOSPITAL   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SPOUSE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; DONOR SELECTION; GRAFT RECIPIENT; LIVING DONOR LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MODEL FOR END STAGE LIVER DISEASE SCORE; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; DONOR SELECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVING DONORS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34250839936     PISSN: 02709139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hep.21845     Document Type: Article

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